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ggshield v1.53.0 introduces ggshield machine setup, a consistent way to configure ggshield no matter how it was installed. Set up AI hooks for every detected AI coding assistant, install global git pre-commit/pre-push hooks, and deploy a honeytoken on the endpoint. You have full control, and we have options to customize which features you want to skip. This release also includes ggshield machine doctor, a read-only command that checks that the machine's ggshield protections are correctly set up, letting you know what steps to take if it encounters an issue.

Your code repos aren't the only place secrets hide — your laptop is too. In this session, GitGuardian's Emanuelle Franquelin talks with CJ May, Cybersecurity Architect at Vermeer, about extending secrets detection beyond the codebase and onto developer endpoints. They dig into where credentials actually live on modern machines (think config files, shell history, and AI coding agents), why every workstation is fair game, and what to actually do once you find exposed secrets. Watch to see how one enterprise team is tackling credential sprawl to deploy AI safely.

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Every secret leak matters, but not every incident needs the same level of alerting. GitGuardian’s new Smart Notifiers let teams define per-channel rules so notifications are only sent for the incidents that matter most, using filters like severity, ML risk score, validity, secret type, and GitGuardian tags. This is available now for custom webhooks, Slack, and Microsoft Teams. We will be adding support for ServiceNow, Jira, Splunk, PagerDuty, Discord, and broader email filtering coming next.

ggshield 1.52.0 and 1.52.2 bring several practical updates for teams securing AI-assisted development workflows. This release adds honeytoken plant, a command for adding local decoy AWS credential profiles Also, GitGuardian AI hooks installation will guide you through any issues you might encounter. As well as better macOS Keychain handling before hooks run in non-interactive agent sessions. The release also adds standalone Linux ARM builds and new one-line install and uninstall scripts for Linux, macOS, and Windows.

Read the full report here: https://www.gitguardian.com/state-of-secrets-sprawl-report-2026

Read the full report here: https://www.gitguardian.com/state-of-secrets-sprawl-report-2026

GitGuardian Developer Endpoint Protection helps security teams find secrets across any of your organization's laptops. In this walkthrough, Dwayne shows how to install ggshield, enable the machine scan plugin, run a local workstation scan, and review findings in the local dashboard.

Read the full report here: https://www.gitguardian.com/state-of-secrets-sprawl-report-2026

Read the full report here: https://www.gitguardian.com/state-of-secrets-sprawl-report-2026